GAP CTE

Career Technical Education

The Career Technical Education program (or CTE) exists to assist students in making intelligent career choices and prepare them for entry and growth in a career field of their choice.

The Glenn County CTE assists school districts in providing high-quality skill training and career guidance to high school students attending public high schools, out-of-school youth, and adults residing within the attendance boundaries of the five participating high schools.

Since 1970, the Glenn County CTE has served over 15,000 students in 28 occupational fields.

Glenn County CTE works in cooperation with local businesses to provide students with current state-of-the-art classrooms, labs and on-the-job training. Many CTE courses have 2+2 agreements with Butte and Yuba College, which provide students with both high school and college credit.

Community members serve on various program advisory committees to ensure meaningful skill training, a varied job market demand and a high potential for student placement in every program offered through Glenn County CTE.

Glenn County CTE will continue to provide youth and adults with an educational environment that will lead them to become productive members of the community. Through continuing partnerships with local business and industry, training programs will be developed based on current job market demands and student career interests.

Glenn County High Schools are currently participants of the California Career Pathways Trust Grant Consortium with Butte Count Office of Education and Butte Community College. For more information, please see the section below.

California Career Pathways Trust Grant Consortium

Butte College and the Butte-Glenn Career Pathways Consortium (BGCPC) were awarded a $5.8 million competitive grant by California Department of Education to help students stay in school and move toward college and employment in high-demand fields in Butte and Glenn Counties.

The Career Pathways Grant was awarded to the Butte-Glenn Career Pathways Consortium (BGCPC), a regional, collaborative partnership with Butte College as the fiscal agent, Butte County Office of Education, Butte County school districts, Glenn County Office of Education, Glenn County school districts, business entities, community organizations and agencies, local workforce investment board, and CSU, Chico.

The work of the grant is to integrate academic and career-focused curriculum and experiences and to build or expand 34 career pathways in 17 partner high schools. The grant will serve over 2,500 students annually over the next five years. The regional career pathways system offers linked learning models aligned with regional and statewide economic needs to support college and career readiness for students in the Butte-Glenn region. It offers evidence-based, high-quality career pathway curricula using models from the National Academy Foundation (NAF), Project Lead The Way, and the Health and Science Pipeline Initiative (HASPI).

The grant includes adaptive curriculum strategies; multiple entry and exit points; a continuum of work-based learning opportunities; integrated life skills/education interventions; and wrap around career services to participating students. Students will be able to select from high-skill, high-wage, and high-growth career pathways that will be offered in the following sectors: Engineering & Architecture (including drafting); Health; Information & Communication Technology; and Manufacturing & Product Development.

The California Career Pathways Trust was spearheaded last year by Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg, and established a one-time $250 million competitive grant program in the state's 2013-14 budget. Grant recipients are tasked with creating sustained career pathways programs that connect businesses, K–12 schools, and community colleges to better prepare students for the 21st century workplace. Post-secondary partners will be involved with the curriculum content and sequencing so that vertical alignment exists for students to continue their education toward degree and certificate attainment in their selected career pathway.

AEBG

Glenn Adult Program is a member of the Butte/Glenn Adult Education consortium and received grants in 2015 and 2016 to implement new adult education programs for Glenn County students.